Endangered Languages Project - Sierra Chinantec

Sierra Chinantec

^{[aka jmiih dzä mo', Chinanteco de la Sierra, Valle ...]}

Classification: Otomanguean

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		jmiih dzä mo', Chinanteco de la Sierra, Valle Nacional Chinantec, Quiotepec Chinantec, Comaltepec Chinantec
CLASSIFICATION		Otomanguean, Chinantecan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		chq, cco, cvn
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		jmiih dzä mo'
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Some sources list up to 14 different Chinantec languages. According to the most recent and accurate sources available, there are 11 different Chinantec languages, with 20 different dialects. (INALI 2009)

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,440
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker numbers were calculated by adding numbers from several individual language pages in Ethnologue.

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional, San Juan Quiotepec, and Santiago Comaltepec

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